Former Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on Feb. 25 to serve as secretary of the Department of Energy. Granholm, the second woman to lead the department, was confirmed in a 64–35 vote, with all Democrats, two independents, and 14 Republicans, including Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, voting yes. She has long supported alternative energy sources and outlets, such as electric vehicles, and wrote in a November 2020 op-ed before being nominated that a “low-carbon economic recovery” would be the best path. Granholm also signaled support for Biden’s moratorium on new oil and gas leases, telling senators during the Jan. 27 hearing that the pause “gives us time to be able to work on the technologies that reduce greenhouse gas emissions that will keep people employed.” The Biden administration has already “declared a war on American energy and American energy workers,” Sen. John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) said in comments on …